Staff Engineer, Process Development (Elkton)

Job Summary :

The Staff Engineer Process Development is considered is a senior technical leader and highly experienced individual contributor responsible for leading the development of manufacturing concepts, advanced process designs and comprehensive characterization, optimization, and validation strategies. For medical devices from concept through commercialization. This position contributes to strategic planning and providing technical expertise to support multiple projects or a major segment of the overall portfolio, focusing on Core Manufacturing Process Definition. This drives significant development initiatives ensuring robust, scalable, and compliant processes are in place to support new product introductions and technology transfers into manufacturing Value Streams.

Additionally, the Staff Engineer provides technical guidance across cross-functional teams, influencing product design for manufacturability, leading process development activities, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards. They are expected to champion innovation and drive complex projects or guide multidisciplinary teams to solve high-impact technical challenges in a regulated environment. Depending on the department, the Staff Engineer may include oversight of project teams and provides significant mentorship of junior engineers and technical staff.

Job Details :

Technical Leadership :

• Lead the technical execution of major manufacturing process development programs and strategic initiatives to enable New Product Introduction (NPI) in compliance with TMC Quality System requirements and regulatory standards.
• Provide domain-specific technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to engineers and project teams, elevating the technical capabilities of the team.
• Influence product design from a process perspective at a platform level (DFM / DFA) during early NPI stages.
• Partner with R&D and Design Engineering teams during early product development to drive the identification, evaluation, and implementation of new process technologies and equipment to improve OEE and reduce manufacturing cost.
• Solve highly ambiguous and complex technical challenges encountered during NPI and scale-up with no clear precedent.
• Provide technical mentorship across engineering, R&D, and manufacturing teams.

Process Development and Innovation

Project Planning and Execution :

Design Transfer & Scale-Up

Cross-Functional Collaboration :

Position Requirements :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Technical Leadership :

Communication Skills :

Problem-Solving Skills :

Background Experiences.

We provide competitive and comprehensive benefit options that allow you to design your own plan based on your individual needs which include : paid vacation, paid holidays, health, dental and vision benefits, 401(k), with matching contributions, tax advantage savings accounts, legal plan, voluntary life and AD&D insurance, voluntary long-term disability, short term disability, critical illness and accident insurance, parental leave, personal leave, tuition reimbursement, travel assistance, and an employee assistance program. Final compensation packages may be higher or lower than what is listed, and will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, internal equity, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand. $114,000 - $157,300

We believe that the future is bright for everyone at Terumo. We work with the future in mind to generate lasting change, create a bigger impact and produce greater outcomes for today, and for decades to come.

At Terumo we believe in the power of personal growth and will encourage you to get in the drivers seat progressing in the direction you want to go by deepening your skills throughout your career. We want you to be bold, think outside the box,